Barcelona recorded a thumping 6-1 win over Sporting Gijon to leapfrog Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table. Following their win and Real Madrid’s 3-3 draw against Las Palmas, the Camp Nou outfit now have a 1-point lead over their arch-rivals in the race for the La Liga title, albeit having played a game more.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Luis Enrique’s side with a looping header in the 9th minute before Juan Rodriguez directed Luis Suarez’s shot into his own net only 2 minutes later. Carlos Castro pulled one back for the away side before Suarez got on the scoresheet by blasting a volley into the top left corner of Pichu Cuellar’s goal.
Paco Alcacer – who came on as a half-time substitute for Suarez – scored the 4th for his side in the 47th minute before Neymar scored an outrageous free-kick to make it 5-1. Ivan Rakitic completed the rout with a sublime strike into the roof of Cuellar’s net.
Following the game, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season.
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Twitter went nuts after witnessing a lopsided but scintillating game of football, which saw some insane goals being scored. Here are the best tweets:
Some Messi stats to begin with...
Followed by MSN!
#Unbeatable
Is this the end of the goal drought for Neymar?
And some more Messi stats...
Oh, Arsenal!
What a player!
The outrageous goals....
And one sublime free-kick from Messi!
